Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Jammin' out with Dad



We have found a few minutes in moving to find a little time to play.
Madi was very excited to see her "tar" (she leaves the "gui"out) come out of storage! She kept begging Travis to take his out so they could play together. Old McDonald never sounded so good....

Saturday, September 22, 2007

We are movin' in!


It has been forever since I have blogged but we have been so busy trying to get the house ready and us moved in. Mom and Mark came and we more help than I could possibly immagine. The both of them did not stop once and I am still trying to figure out a way I could possibly begin to pay them back. The entire house got painted very quickly with the help of them and Lisa and Phil. Moving day was the same. Lisa, Phil, some other friends and yes....even the kids were all a great help! We are now in the process of slowly unpacking things and getting settled in and it seems like it will never end. As you will see in the pictures above in the process Madi was given a pet turtle in which she named Pinocchio because of his long nose. We were lucky and she allowed us to set him free in the lake being the house. Believe it or not there has already been one sighting after by Madi and mom. Madison's bathroom has some awful color brown tiles so after three tries, I think we got it right with a light purple. Travis is not too happy and does not think it matches but until the tile changes, the color is staying. He was thrilled when mom and Mark picked out the pistachio color for the Master BR. We both think it looks awesome!!!

Well...let me run. I need to wake up Madi from her nap. I will post more pictures once we get things completed.

Saturday, September 8, 2007

First day at the house


Madi's basket from "Jail" (Gail)

Putting on new kitchen cabinet knobs

Madi's flowers she planted

Life is good!!!

Yesterday was the first full day we had the house. Travis was there since early in the morning patching holes, measuring things and waiting for the cleaners and Stanley Steamer to clean the vents. The previous owners had a cat and... me + cats = BIG PROBLEMS!!! After I got out of work I picked up Madi and we headed up to meet him. We went paint shopping as well as picked up most of the other stuff we needed. Once we got back to the house we replaced all the cabinet knobs to some a little less 80's. A few days ago we each decorated/painted our own flower pots for the new place so we had finally picked out some flowers and Madison got to pot them all. At the end of the night Madi got to try out her new jacuzzi size bath tub! She was loving it. Seeing her in it makes it seem like a mini pool!!! Mom and Mark are driving down as I am typing this to help us out with painting and a little of everything else!

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Our New House!


Front View

Back lake view

Just in case any of you did not know, we bought a house! The sellers wanted to move up the closing date so we now are closing this Thursday. It is getting very exciting and we cant wait to get out of the apartment we have quickly outgrown. Madison for the past month has told everyone that she wants her new room "lel-low" but in true three year old fashion...last night she changed her mind to PINK!!!! So damage control had to be brought in and we told her we were told we were not allowed to paint the room that color. (A little white lie never hurt anyone) She seemed to accept that answer and we are now waiting for her to decide between yellow and purple. Today I found the pantry I was wanting and we finalized our couch decision and bought that along with a LONG awaited recliner for Travis. This is all very exciting stuff!!!!!!!!